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Drew up some Trilby fanart in me sketchbook the other day. I might draw better versions of them sometime but for now I can't be arsed.


Ugh, I hate the last panel here. Trilby looks like an emancipated Inspector Gadget. 'Course, when the game character's face is made of a handful of pixels, it's hard trying to capture his image.

I imagine Trilby as a guy who never takes his hat off, even in bed. I'm guessing he laminated it so he could shower with it on as well. Shampooing must be a bitch though.




Short, sweet and to the point.



Post whatever fanart you have here, I guess.

Well, I just got done playing the demo version of the game 'E'. Here's my review about it:

1. Your Machine Specs- I don't know what that means.
2. Your age & sex- I'm older then you. Or possibly younger. And ladies- I'm single.
3. General comments on the game- Pretty cool; interesting concept... can't wait for the whole thing to come out.
4. Concept- Being a fan of weird Sci-fi worlds, I like it.
5. Interface- I have Windows XP... and no clue what 'interface' means.
6. Gameplay- Simple, easy-to-learn controls.
7. Characters, icons and/or style- sweet graphics, highly detailed backgrounds and cool characters.
8. Audio- Not much audio aside from the occasional windows breaking and hammers a-hammering.
9. Visuals-striking, like face-fulla-brick striking.
10. Simplicity/Difficulty- I was a little stuck in the middle but I figured it out eventually.
11. Instructions- Lather, Rinse, Repeat.
12. Innovation- I will obey.
13. Addictiveness- I'm high on E- pun intended.
14. Level of fun- Yes.
15. Top Likes- Wait, since when is 'like' a noun? I guess my top 'like' would be the classic Yatzeeatic humor.
16. Dislikes- the text is way too huge and often goes off-screen, or otherwise covers the entire screen (during the parts where you have to choose something to say).
17. Bugs- when you hover the mouse over an object, the name is only half-there, like you can only see it's top half.


All in all, good game, Yatz.

Just took a look at the new AGS game demo for '1213', very impressive. Makes me want to see more.

PROS:
-Nice artwork
-Mysterious characters
-Interesting storyline
-excellent writing
-Good challenge

CONS:
-Controls take time to get used to
-Whenever you press the tilda key (the one with the ` and the ~, above the Tab), the top of the screen goes white and has some weird text in it. Just some bug.


That's basically it. Keep going, Yahtzee. You definatly haven't lost your touch.

Hello, since the Tech Depot states that we can talk about anything that plugs in, I've decided to make a topic about that wonderful device that has been taken for granted for so long... the toaster.

I personally like toasters. The simplicity of function, the effeciency of cooking, the speed... all play a delicate note on the bass clarinet that is a balanced breakfast. Bagels, waffles, pizza, toast, tortillas, pita bread, pop-tarts and more have entered this miraculous device to make our mornings, and our english muffins, a bit warmer. And yet mankind has neglected to realise the enigma of the miraculous toaster and the wonders it holds in it's heat-resistant coils. It's like... magic.

So come on in, grab a biscuit and chat about toasters, microwaves, ovens, skillets and whatever electric kitchenware you can think of.

One movie I'd like to talk about that I have just recently seen is War of the Worlds, in which a family consisting of a twit, a whiner and an even bigger twit try to survive an assult from an army of Pumpkinhead-esqe aliens in giant three-legged, one-eyed robots (Do I detect an innuendo here? Oh Spielburg, you sneaky tease!).

Sex jokes aside, I have to say that these are the stupidest aliens ever. How stupid are they? I'd say about as stupid as the aliens from 'Signs', possibly stupider. I've never read the book, but that still doesn't mean I can't have my nitpicks about it.

Oh yes, before I start off, I'd like to warn you that this nitpicking contains some spoilers.


Nitpick #1: The martians had planned the assault on Earth for millions of years beforehand.

OK, don't get me wrong, it's always a good idea to think ahead, but still, millions of years is a fuckin' long time to plan ANYTHING. You think in all that time with the technology they had, they would have done something smart like, I don't know, learn how to till the soil and turn rocks into food. By all accounts they should have starved to death long ago, unless they really do eat rocks. Assuming that they didn't starve (which they obviously didn't), obviously they passed their evil plans down from generation to generation. Somehow I think that their plan would be foiled in this sort of situation:

Grandpa Martian: Hey sonny, Merry Zorgmas! Here's your present!

Youthful Teenage Martian: Ah, thanks grandpa! *opens present and pulls out war plans* What the Quog is this?

GM: It's the plans to take over earth! we've been working on it for the past ten thousand and seventeen years, and now it's your turn!

YTM: Kworg that, I'm not doing that Zarg! *crumbles up paper* I wanted a DVD player, not this Wonk!

GM: Watch your language, young man! In my day, we were proud to receive these plans and waste our lives planning when we could have been hanging with our freinds and eating rocks... Your're right, this is Wonk. I'm gonna go skatebording.


You see what I mean?

Nitpick #2: The Martian Tripods were buried in the ground for thousands of years.

Again, the same problem. How did the Martians manage to bury hundreds of Tripods under the ground without anyone noticing? Surely Gengis Khan or whoever lived back then would have noticed a bunch of three-legged monsters with shovels, jackhammers and wheelbarrows full of sod gathering arond a huge pit with a huge metal Man-O-War inside. And why didn't we find them until now? I mean, you would think that we'd be burying some power lines and notice a gigantic stingray-shaped metal object the size of the Epcot Center poking out of the ground.


WEEEEEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOWEEEEEEEEEEEEEOOO OOOO! SPOILER ALARM! SPOILER ALARM! ALL THOSE WHO WISH NOT TO READ PLEASE PROCEED TO THE NEAREST WINDOW AND JUMP OUT!






Nitpick #3: The Martians all died because of the germs in our water and air.

Man, if that doesn't shout 'stupid', I don't know what does. You think that creatures that have the ability to construct giant robots and lasers that turn people into a pile of dirty laundry would have thought ahead and... I don't know... WORE A BLOODY SPACESUIT? It's 'Signs' all over again! Hey Martians, here's a little travelling tip: Whenever you're going to a foreign country/planet, DON'T DRINK THE WATER, otherwise you'll die, or pee blood.
I mean come on, it's just so cheap. You could beat these guys by flinging a snotty tissue at them. If the army knew about this, they'd be loading up their tanks with dirty diapers instead of shells. Us humans may not be able to go as deep into space as you can, but at least we did the smart thing and wore a spacesuit! Really, it's just common sense. It's like going volcano-skydiving wearing nothing but a pair of scuba flippers.



And in conclusion, that's my three cents on the movie 'War of the Worlds'. I will admit the robots were really cool, and the evaporation beams were awesome. Oh yeah, one more nitpick: Whenever the little girl screams, it sounds like a fruit bat on helium being electrocuted.